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Duality exists across many concepts: dark and light, bad and good, burden and duty, war and peace. However, one of the most valuable is that of the beacon and the gibbet: the notion of carving our own futures for the sake of destiny. This idea is as old as time itself. In Greek mythology, the tale of Icarus is depicted as one of overestimation and pride. As the story goes, Icarus and his father flee imprisonment from the island of Crete using wings built of feathers and wax. His father warns him…

Do you believe that the choices you make now have no effect on what happens to you or what becomes of you in the future? According to Sartre, his theory of what makes a person is based on one’s actions, not because of who they are. By living without an idea that a consequence, for example religious views, will follow after every choice you make, then you are truly living freely. It’s the choices that are made that make us who we are; who we become. I think likewise that human beings, based on…

prediction of a future serves as a warning against the impending danger of losing individuality as a result of seeking contentment through passivity. The path to surrendering autonomy for the sake of comfort and stability begins with the elimination of free choice. In the society of Brave New World, this eradication starts at birth, with the preordained caste system that every member of the community assimilates to. To encourage conformity…

Heraclitus and Parmenides both attempt to answer a seemingly simple but complex question about change: Is change real? Their answers lie in opposing sides of the discussion since Heraclitus believes change to be possible, while Parmenides denies the concept of change. Heraclitus believes that all things flow and are part of cycles in which they change, becoming what they are not. He also believes in a circular flow of change, explaining that some processes yield the same result with which it…

inertia, etc are natural laws that are to always be abided. A natural disaster is an effect of a natural cause. In this case, we cannot define this action as an evil that God creates or necessarily warrants. However, evil exists because humans have free will to choose cruelty over good. However, Mackie responds, “why could He not have made men such that they always freely choose the good?” [1;334]. Mill proposes that perhaps, God just didn’t know how. And for the same reasons, this is why God…

This essay will outline Cullison’s sacrifice argument against the problems of divine hiddenness. It will then show that this argument does not work, as a world in which true human sacrifice is possible is not a better world than one where God is not hidden. I will refer to the former as a ‘Godless World’ and the latter as a ‘Godly World’. There are three themes which this essay will address: true human sacrifice, two potential worlds and human freedom. I will conclude that a ‘Godly World’ – even…

(1.67)). Thus, one may ask " how can Satan's "woes" be worsened still more if he has been damned to eternal suffering? Perhaps, although this may be suppositious, we may call Satan's punishment one "from without," that is, God does not damn Satans's free will (he may still plot, still be hypocritical (under God's "permissive will," and indulge in other evil things). While Satan certainly can never reascend into Heaven, his Hell is not exactly bounded, he may still plummet lower into Hell, he may…

In this paper I will consider the atheistic point of view on the argument from evil, while addressing free will. This is one of the main arguments against the existence of an all-good and all-knowing God, which was discussed in class. Atheistic Argument From Evil If God exists, then He is omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good. If God were omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good, then the world would not contain evil. The world contains evil. Therefore, God does not exist. Beginning with…

supporter of determinism, and in complete opposition to free will, as his beliefs are at absolute odds with free will Holbach states that man is constantly being modified by causes that may or may not be apparent to the individual, of which he has no control over, and it is these causes that affect him, by which control every aspect of his being. And in spite of the that which confines him, a man may be delusional in thinking that he has free will. Holbach describes will as being a modification…

It can be just a matter of perspective whether we hold the view that there are somewhat inevitable connection among events or there only exists sheer chance. For how can we judge the existence of relationship, a invisible thing? In that case, it is more fruitful to think about what is the healthy way to cope with seeming contingency than to be engrossed in the discussion about something is a chance product or not. It is because paranoia no less distresses its possessor than a world with no…